Senior Data Engineer — Cloud Data Platform (Remote)

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organization for cloud-based data solutions. You will design scalable data architectures and develop real-time and batch pipelines using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL for analytics and decision support.

As part of our Cloud Data & AI Platform team, you will collaborate with engineers, product partners, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, enterprise-grade data products that enable

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent data engineering experience as stated.
• 4+ years in data engineering, warehousing, or cloud data platforms.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for analytics and data pipelines.
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and data integration tools.
• Strong understanding of data governance, quality, and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data architectures aligned with business goals.
• Develop real-time and batch data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Establish data governance and data quality monitoring.
• Analyze and optimize performance of large data operations.
• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices with teams.

Skills

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT

Data Architecture

Data Governance

Data Modeling

Cloud Data Platforms

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Engineering or related field

High School Diploma or GED + 8 years experience

Tools

Snowflake

Spark

dbt

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Kafka

Kinesis

Qlik Replicate

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organization for cloud-based data solutions. You will design scalable data architectures and develop real-time and batch pipelines using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL for analytics and decision support.

As part of our Cloud Data & AI Platform team, you will collaborate with engineers, product partners, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, enterprise-grade data products that enable